Ada Lovelace Gin

Description

A California take on an English tradition.

Steeped in the tradition of Ada Lovelace's England, out gin honors the botanical bill of a London dry. It was created with a dry martini in mind, incorporating both Old and New World botanicals and distillation techniques that produce a uniquely styled Californian gin.

ABV 40%

Base Spirit - 100% Wheat

Aroma

Classic London dry feel with balanced aromas of Italian juniper berries, lavender, and Meyer citrus blossoms.

Taste

Full-bodied on entry, mid-palate Turkish delight sweets with orris root, and a candied ginger finish. Balanced by floral aromas with earthy base.

Recipes

Intermediate

The Bee's Knees

Ingredients

2 oz Ada Lovelace Gin
¾ oz lemon juice
½ oz honey syrup
Garnish: lemon twist

Directions

Add Ada Lovelace Gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup to a shaker filled with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

By Great Women Spirits Intermediate

Negroni

Ingredients

1 oz Ada Lovelace Gin
1 oz Hypatia Rubi Amaro
1 oz sweet vermouth
Garnish: orange peel

Directions

Add Ada Lovelace Gin, Hypatia Rubi Amaro, and sweet vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice, then stir until well-chilled. Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice cubes. Garnish with an orange peel.

By Great Women Spirits Intermediate

Gin & Tonic

Ingredients

2 oz Ada Lovelace Gin
4 oz tonic water
Garnish: thyme sprig, lemon wheel, juniper berries or cucumber slices

Directions

Pour Ada Lovelace Gin into a glass 3/4-full with ice. Top off with the tonic water, stir gently and briefly to combine. Garnish with juniper berries, a lemon wheel, fresh thyme sprig, or cucumber slices.

By Great Women Spirits Intermediate

French 75

Ingredients

1 oz Ada Lovelace Gin
½ oz lemon juice, freshly squeezed
½ oz simple syrup
3 oz Champagne or sparkling wine
Garnish: Lemon Twist

Directions

Add Ada Lovelace Gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker tin with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a Champagne flute and top off with Champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Meet Ada Lovelace

English. 10 December 1815 - 27 November 1852

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord George Gordon Byron, is recognized today as the world’s first computer programmer in having published a paper that detailed the intricate steps of an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, a steam-powered mechanism that is the ancestor of our modern, general-purpose computer. In her now famous Notes on the Analytical Engine (1843), she speculated that the Engine had the potential to embrace any process based on logical symbols–-such as music–-applications that have become integral to every corner of contemporary life.

Born in London when the Industrial Revolution was at its peak, Lovelace showed a brilliant aptitude for all the sciences and with utter disregard for Victorian society’s opinion that women were incapable of innovative reasoning. Great Women Spirits celebrates the boundless curiosity of the Countess of Lovelace by giving her name to our gin––inspired by a traditional London Dry but blending Old and New World botanicals through distillation techniques that produce a unique reflection of California.